Porcelain cleat.



ESAR-HADDON BALL.

PORCELAIN GLEAT. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 6, 1908.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

WiTNEEEEE UNITED. STATES PATENT orrion.

ESAR-HADDON BALL, GEDAR'RAPIDfiIOWA.

V PORCELAIN email.

Application filed August 6,

' wires to walls, ceilings, or other supports that will facilitate theplacing of the wires, and that will permit of the removal of one of thewires without disturbing. other wires held by the same device.

I attain these objects by the use of the fastenin illustrated in theaccompanying drawing w ich forms a part of this application,

and in which.:- I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cleat with the wires inposition in their channels; Fig. 2 is a'longitudinal sec tion through acleat and a portion of its support, showing means of attachment thereto;ig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the basemember, and Fig. 4 is a top planview ofthe two portions forming the cap or clamping member. Referring tothe details of the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates an oblong block,formed of some suitable insulating material, and constituting the basemember of thecleat, the cap member being composed of duplicate parts 11.The continuous faces of the base and cap members are supplied withgrooves, transversely corrugated, and when theparts are assembled thesegrooves form passages in which the wires 13 are lodged, "the saidgrooves being comparatively shallow so that the corrugations will engagethe wires laid therein and hold them securely'when the cleats are inposition. The lower, or engaging surface of the base member 10 isprovided with a recess or mortise 14, and upon the contiguous surfacesof the arts 11 are corresponding tenons 15, whic when combined, fitsnugly within said mortise", and when the several ieces are assembledthe parts will be there y locked against lateral or longitudinaldisplacement. The base and cap- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 79, 1909. 1908. Serial No. 447,212.

which register when the parts are assembled and the entire device issecured to the sup' port by suitable screws 17, which serve not only-tofasten the cleat to the wall or ceiling but also clamp the wires 13firmly between the base and cap members, thus preventing longitudinalslipping of the conductors.

It will be readily perceived that either section 15 of the cap membermay be quickly loosened by unscrewing its binding screw 17 and separatedfrom the base member sufficiently to permit the removal or introductionof a wire and this procedure will not in the least disturb the oppositesection 15,

and the facility with which the wires'may be independently removed orreplaced, renders the device of special utility.

While I have shown a cleat adapted to support two wires, it is evidentthat the same principle may be readily arranged to accommodate a greaternumber than two.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. A wiring cleat, consisting of a base member provided with a mortise,and a cap member composed of two sections each providedwith a tenonadapted to engage the saidmortise.

2. Awiring cleat, including a base member provided with a mortise, a capmember composed of two sections, each section provided with a tenonadapted to engage the said mortise, and means for independently securingeach of said sections to the base member. and to the common support.

9 her provided with a mortise, and having transverse grooves, a capmember composed of two sections, each section furnished with atransverse groove adapted to register with" one of the said grooves inthe base, a tenon projecting from each of the sections, and adapted toengage the said mortise, and clamping screws each screw engaging one ofthe sections and said base member jointly.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ESAB-HADDON BALL.

Witnesses j .WM. B. Moons, members are supplied with screw holes 16 F.BENJAMIN.

e. A wiring cleat, including a base mem-

